I did everything right; the schooling, the connections, the polished résumé. Yet my inbox was still full of rejection letters from every company I applied to.

And the ones that said yes? They never let me do the work I knew I could.

When I pushed to create more and do busy work less, they called me a “typical lazy Gen-Z.”

But they were wrong. I wasn’t lazy, I was bored.

So I stopped waiting for permission and built Machine Head Productions.

Now every project, from real estate and commercial work to sports and events, carries that same energy: independent, driven, and unapologetically original.

I'm not corporate media.

I'm a creative without compromise. - Preston Hazard founder and CEO of Machine Head Productions